Swimmers make 5A call ups

Keith MacPherson

Published 4:59 pm, Monday, February 14, 2011

The busses will be packed when area swim teams make their trip to the UIL State Swimming and Diving Championships later this week.

A total of 12 Montgomery County swimmers and four relay teams got the call up to participate in the Class 5A UIL State Swimming and Diving Championships on Monday for the meet that will be held Friday and Saturday in Austin.

The Woodlands appeared to be the big winner in the call ups with eight boys and girls swimmers getting the nod to participate at state.

To qualify for state swimmers must either win their region or finish in the top eight of the remaining swimmers in the state.

Divers must finish in the top two in their region.

The Woodlands’ girls 200-yard medley and 400-yard freestyle relay teams both were among the four relay call ups.

College Park’s boys 200-yard medley and 400-yard freestyle relay will be competing in Austin as well.

The Woodlands’ Erin Foster got the call for state in the 200-yard freestyle and the 100-yard butterfly.

Conroe junior Jonathan Debaugh will make the trip to Austin to compete in the 100-yard butterfly as will The Woodlands’ Knox Hitt.

Highlander swimmer Tripp Cooper secured his place with a nod in the 200-yard IM.

Oak Ridge’s lone call up was sophomore Lindsay Manning who will compete in the 500-yard freestyle.

A pair of College Park swimmers qualified in the 500-yard freestyle with Nic Munoz and Elliot Dewlen both making the cut.

Lady Highlander Margaret Cooke was at the top of the list of call ups for the 100-yard backstroke and teammate Victoria Eberwein will make her state debut in the 100-yard breaststroke.

College Park freshman Jonathan Tybur squeezed his way into state in the 100-yard breaststroke as the state’s final qualifier in the event.